Friday, January 30th

Claire is strengthening her rote counting ability, number recognition skills and understanding of odd and even quantities as she works with cards and counters.

Tuesday, January 27th

Claire is exploring with the stained glass prisms.

Monday, January 26th

Spanish lessons today focused on the days of the week.

The older children were also introduced to the months of the year.

The sound of the week id "p".

I received the most fabulous surprise today!  Over the weekend, Gus painted this picture for me to hang in the classroom.  I LOVE it!!!  Thank you Gus, you are so talented.

Robert's dad returned from a business trip to Columbia over the weekend and brought some souvenirs home. A mask, bracelet, money and a tortoise shell box.  What a fantastic sharing!

Wednesday, January, 21st

Claire is phonetically building short vowel words.

Claire is painting at the easel.

Claire is working with the metal insets.

Friday, January 16, 2015

Tales and Scales Presents - The Ugly Duckling

Thursday, January 15th

Claire is transferring water with a ladle.

Matthew is transferring water with a baster.

Sophia is gaining eye-hand coordination, fine motor control and independence as she pours water from one container to the other using a funnel.

Claire is working with the map of North America.

Wednesday, January 14th

Robert's family bought the class a fun pomegranate tool to easily remove the juicy pods.

Here are the instructions for the new food work.

I sliced the pomegranate in preparation for the work.

Robert demonstrated the tool for the class by placing the pomegranate face down on the tool.

Next, he covered it with the rubber dome.

The pods carefully fell to the bottom ready for eating.

Matthew is working with the pomegranate tool.

Claire, Matthew and Avantika enjoy eating pomegranates.

Wednesday, January 7th

Claire is phonetically building short vowel words.

Claire is strengthening her ability to follow multi-stepped instructions, concentration skills, fine motor control and independence as she scrubs the table.